TY - BOOK AU - Hegger,Manfred AU - �S�offker,Gerd H. AU - Thrift,Philip AU - Seidel,Pamela ED - ebrary, Inc. ED - Institut f�ur Internationale Architektur-Dokumentation. TI - Energy manual: sustainable architecture SN - 9783764388300 (softcover) AV - NA2542.36 .E5313 2008eb U1 - 720.472 22 PY - 2008///] CY - Basel, Boston, Munich PB - Birkh�auser, Edition Detail KW - Sustainable architecture KW - Architecture KW - Environmental aspects KW - Sustainable development KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Translated into English by Gerd H. S�offker, Philip Thrift and Pamela Seidel; Includes bibliographical references and index; Part A. Positions : Global change / Chris Luebkeman -- Energy change / Hermann Scheer -- Architecture and sustainability: a difficult relationship / Robert Kaltenbrunner -- Doing things right: on efficiency and sustainability / Manfred Hegger -- Solar architecture / Thomas Herzog -- Planning and building in life cycles / Karl-Heinz Petzinka, Bernhard Lenz -- Part B. Planning : Fundamentals : Global boundary conditions ; Energy ; Climate and comfort -- Urban space and infrastructure : Land use ; Planning to suit the location ; Infrastructure and technical services -- Building envelope : Maintaining and gaining heat ; Avoiding overheating ; Decentralised ventilation ; Using the daylight ; Generating electricity -- Building services : Sustainable building services ; Heating ; Cooling ; Mechanical ventilation ; Optimising the artificial lighting -- Materials : Heat flow ; Embodied energy ; Materials in the life cycle -- Strategies : Energy concepts ; Politics, legislation, statutory instruments ; Planning process ; Sustainable architecture ; Diagnosis system for sustainable building quality (DSQ) -- Part C. Case studies -- Part D. Appendix : Parameters ; Climate data ; LCA data ; Statutory instruments, directives, standards UR - http://ezproxy.alfaisal.edu/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/alfaisal/Doc?id=10831468 ER -